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« Reply #8475 on: 09:10:51, 10-11-2008 » |
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So sorry SH. Hope all goes well. Only time and patience now I'm afraid.  |
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« Reply #8476 on: 09:16:25, 10-11-2008 » |
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Many sympathies SH. My mother had a couple of strokes, although they affected her mobility rather than her speech. The doctors tend to move pretty fast now in getting the right people on the job e.g physios, speech therapist etc., to kick start recovery. It can be an exhausting and frustrating time, both for patient and family and I echo the above comments to try and look after yourself. Perhaps when you're feeling a little less rattled you might try giving your cousin a ring. In your own time. I hope your mother makes a good recovery.
Yes, Kingston A&E is indeed grim.
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« Reply #8477 on: 09:24:18, 10-11-2008 » |
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My brother reacted extremely insensitively to an unexpected piece of family news a few years ago simply because he was caught unawares and didn't know how to react.
You may well need your cousin's support further down the line, and he may well need to give it.
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« Reply #8478 on: 09:28:24, 10-11-2008 » |
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SH,
I don't know what to really add to all the above, apart from to say that you seem to know what is important. That will be really good over the next months, as both you and your mother will need to take it easy - and that will mean all those little things we normally bother about just going out the window. That's fine. Just keep remembering what matters and don't let them stress you or your mum out!
Very very best wishes to you both from tommo corner
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« Reply #8479 on: 11:07:16, 10-11-2008 » |
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My sympathies too, SH. My father had a stroke when he was very much younger than your mother - he was in his late fifties - and I remember that it was the sheer shock of seeing aomeone usually in such robust health, apparently helpless in hospital after it happened. Both his speech and mobility were quite badly affected but the speech did return to near-normal relatively quickly.
Very best wishes and look after yourself.
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« Reply #8480 on: 11:21:01, 10-11-2008 » |
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SH,
There isn't really anything i can say that hasn't already been said. I hope your Mother makes a full recovery.
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« Reply #8481 on: 11:44:10, 10-11-2008 » |
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Same here - another sympathetic nod while more eloquent souls say it better than I could.
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« Reply #8482 on: 12:13:20, 10-11-2008 » |
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Cant get to the dentist till tomorrow at 9am! In the meantime dosing myself with painkillers, etc. how is it that at nightime this sort of thing is always at it worst?  |
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« Reply #8483 on: 12:27:03, 10-11-2008 » |
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Cant get to the dentist till tomorrow at 9am! In the meantime dosing myself with painkillers, etc. how is it that at nightime this sort of thing is always at it worst? Oh dear - has the salt water thing stopped working then? And were you able to give KB's suggestion a try yet?  |
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« Reply #8484 on: 12:29:34, 10-11-2008 » |
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Yes, Rubes, the salt water thing works ok. I cant understand it, though, it was hurting so bad yesterday and everything seems ok today.
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« Reply #8485 on: 12:54:36, 10-11-2008 » |
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Just noticed SH. All the best.
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« Reply #8486 on: 14:44:58, 10-11-2008 » |
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SH, I send you and your mum my very best wishes. I hope she will soon be on the path to recovery and join the many people who recover well from such things.
I would have been very upset indeed in your situation with your cousin, but I would want to resolve it as far as possible I think, if only for the sake of you and your mother.
All the best to you both.
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« Reply #8487 on: 15:39:07, 10-11-2008 » |
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All the best for you and your mum, SH.
People react very differently to bad or difficult news. Most people, I think, handle such things very badly. Your cousin affected a hasty indifference, but that may be because his own feelings and fears are in a turmoil. I can well understand your anger at him (something similar happened to me with a friend), and you may very well never forgive him his initial reaction, but don't cut him out completely just yet. His second reaction might be better than his first. And everything is still raw right now.
I hope we will be hearing very good news about your mother's recovery very soon.
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« Reply #8488 on: 15:44:33, 10-11-2008 » |
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Best wishes to you and her, SH. From what I've seen strokes can be a highly stressful thing to happen to a family, apart from their effect on the individual directly affected.
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« Reply #8489 on: 16:38:36, 10-11-2008 » |
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Cant get to the dentist till tomorrow at 9am! In the meantime dosing myself with painkillers, etc. how is it that at nightime this sort of thing is always at it worst? I think (from firsthand observation) that the pain often lessens when the patient is upright because gravity is drawing blood &c. down away from the site of the injury. Once you lay down the pressure distribution changes, and so does the pain! I do hope you get some help with this soon. |
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